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FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Tragala Perro.
Etching and aquatint, circa 1799. 215x150 mm; 8 1/2x6 inches, wide margins. First edition. From Los Caprichos. A very good, early impression with the three tones of aquatint distinct and with burr on the drypoint lines to the left of the figures on the far left hand side of the plate, and with crisp, partially inky plate edges.
According to Harris, "Tragala, which means literally 'swallow it,' is the first word of the 'party' song of the Spanish liberals, with which they mocked the absolutists. To sing the tragala came to mean to make fun of someone who is forced to accept something which he had previously refused." Delteil 95; Harris 93.
